Montmorency On The Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer? (Montmorency)
by Eleanor Updale
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Author: Eleanor UpdaleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-01
ISBN: 0439606772
Number of pages: 368
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Book Review: Not only good, but educational
Summary: 4 Stars
This 2nd book to the Montmorency Series, caught me in its enthralling tale. i had completely fallen in love with the first, and so took up the second like a dieing man. not only was it a good read, but it taught you something as well. the addiction Montmorency suffered was a pinpoint in the story, causing you to think. i thought this book was best for teens like me. with all of the addictions and other things crawling about in this world, it is hard to completely avoid them all. most books i find dont focus in on this horror, leaving it to the parents and teachers to go on about. yet often young adults really do learn best from the novels we read. to see Montmorency go through this torture, and yet eventually have victory over it, brings hope into our lives. for those who have already surcomed to these things, they know what he is going through, while others who feel that temptation, and yet have resisted, can resist even harder. if you are a normal average teen, then you feel those things pulling you too. this story is not only well written, a good thriller, and an enjoying read, but it teaches you the importance of friends in getting over addictions. read it and Enjoy!
Summary of Montmorency On The Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer? (Montmorency)
Five years after giving up his life of crime in the London sewers, Montmorency is back. But his evil alter ego, Scarper, has returned too, pulling him back into a dark world of crime.Montmorency's old friend and fellow government agent, Lord George Fox-Selwyn, fights to rescue him from disaster. The two men are needed now more than ever, as a rash of bombings threaten to destroy England's rail lines. And only Montmorency's intimate knowledge of the London underworld can save the city...
Montmorency on the Rocks, the second volume of Eleanor Updale's popular Victorian spy drama, finds our title hero in a much darker place than the London sewers where his alter ego Scarper used to dwell. It has been five years since Montmorency teamed up with gentleman spy George Fox-Selwyn. They enjoyed much success infiltrating the Ottoman underworld, until Montmorency acquired a treacherous taste for opium. Now addicted, he has come dangerously close to revealing his criminal past to Fox-Selwyn while under the influence. Meanwhile, the British government has called the duo home to discover the identity of a bomber who is targeting London's landmarks. Frustrated Fox-Selwyn decides to bring Montmorency to the one person who knows the former thief better than anyone: Dr. Robert Farcett. But Farcett, who saved Montmorency before, has recently lost his nerve in the operating arena. However, in teaming up with the undercover agents, Dr. Farcett comes across a community that is losing youngsters at an appalling rate, and discovers something that just might give him reason to practice again. All of these threads come together in a brilliant climax that will leave exhilarated readers with a surprising question on the very last page.
Montmorency on the Rocks can stand on its own, but no teen reader should be denied the thrilling experience of getting to know the Victorian thief-turned-gentleman from the beginning. Adolescent Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes fans are sure to enjoy this intriguing "extreme makeover" of the traditional British mystery. (Ages 10-15) --Jennifer Hubert
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